PMID: 18054488

Authors:

Bandarage UK, Wang T, Come JH, Perola E, Wei Y, Rao BG

Title:

Novel thiol-based TACE inhibitors. Part 2: Rational design, synthesis, and SAR of thiol-containing aryl sulfones.

Journal:

Bioorg Med Chem Lett. 2008 Jan 1;18(1):44-8. Epub 2007 Nov 13.

Abstract:

A series of potent thiol-containing aryl sulfone TACE inhibitors were designed and synthesized. The SAR and MMP selectivity of the series were investigated. In particular, compound 8b showed excellent in vitro potency against the isolated enzyme and good selectivity over MMP-2, -7, -8, -9, and -13. The X-ray structure of 8b in complex with TACE was also obtained.